Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 8 times bigger than New Caledonia.
New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 675% larger than New Caledonia.
Meanwhile, the population of New Caledonia is ~297,160 people
(12.5 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
New Caledonia
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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